I'm trying to buy a DSA STG58 carbine from DS Arms and I am looking for a Arizona FFL to do the transfer so that I can buy it wholesale and just pay the transfer fee.
The first place I went to, I have actually done two transfers with in the last year for $25 per transfer, but on this item they wanted the full mark up to MSRP and would not let me have the wholesale price.
Next I went to a pawn shop where I have purchased a used handgun off the shelf in the last year. He originally said that he would do it after speaking to DSA in front of me, but the next morning had a change of heart. His reasoning was that what DSA wanted him to do, was to put me down as an "agent" of this FFL and that doing that was to much of a risk for him. He said that I could buy it "through" him for a 10% markup. I would of course have to pay sales tax of 8.7% in addition to the 10% because I would be buying local as opposed to me buying directly from out of state.
I have heard of a lot of people buying DSA FALs the way that I am trying to do it; wholesale with only a transfer fee. This is the first I have heard about the need for me to be an "agent" of the FFL.
My question: Is the Pawn Shop FFL just making up the part about the need for me to be an "Agent" of the FFL to buy it wholesale with a transfer fee, so that he can charge me more buying it from him as a retail customer?
I was planning to get this rifle for about $900 total, but would be looking at about $1,100 under the new scenario, which would be pushing my budget limits.
The first place I went to, I have actually done two transfers with in the last year for $25 per transfer, but on this item they wanted the full mark up to MSRP and would not let me have the wholesale price.
Next I went to a pawn shop where I have purchased a used handgun off the shelf in the last year. He originally said that he would do it after speaking to DSA in front of me, but the next morning had a change of heart. His reasoning was that what DSA wanted him to do, was to put me down as an "agent" of this FFL and that doing that was to much of a risk for him. He said that I could buy it "through" him for a 10% markup. I would of course have to pay sales tax of 8.7% in addition to the 10% because I would be buying local as opposed to me buying directly from out of state.
I have heard of a lot of people buying DSA FALs the way that I am trying to do it; wholesale with only a transfer fee. This is the first I have heard about the need for me to be an "agent" of the FFL.
My question: Is the Pawn Shop FFL just making up the part about the need for me to be an "Agent" of the FFL to buy it wholesale with a transfer fee, so that he can charge me more buying it from him as a retail customer?
I was planning to get this rifle for about $900 total, but would be looking at about $1,100 under the new scenario, which would be pushing my budget limits.